Slave trade in brazil:
The trans-Atlantic slave trade:
– explaining changes in the size and shape of the slave trade
– Why did the slave trade increase dramatically at certain times? Or decrease?
– Why were Africans enslaved and not other groups?
– Where/when was the demand for slaves the highest? Why?
– What parts of Africa supplied the largest numbers of slaves? Why?
– What goods were traded along with slaves? How did they change over time?
– the Middle Passage
– the involvement of different European groups: the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, etc.
– slave ship revolts
– Why were certain individuals enslaved? How did gender impact enslavement (ie, were women preferred or not? Why?)
– the development of navigational technologies and ship-building techniques
– Why was the slave trade abolished? Who were the main individuals involved in abolition?
– racial prejudices and the slave trade
– recent debates over compensation
The trans-Atlantic slave trade and the Americas:
– the cultural/religious/linguistic/culinary/etc. impact of Africans in the Americas
– African communities in the Americas
– African ethnicities in the Americas
– How was the middle passage remembered by slaves in the Americas?
– How is the slave trade remembered in the Americas today? Contrast different parts of the Americas.
Africa in the era of the slave trade:
– How did the slave trade impact African communities? Economically? Politically? Culturally?
– Focusing on certain African states, such as the Kongo, Asante, Yoruba, Hausa, etc., or particular slave trading ports, such as Lagos, Ouidah, Loango, etc.
– slavery within Africa
– African slaves exported throughout the Indian Ocean/Asia/Middle East
– the abolition of slavery within Africa
– religious change in African communities: spread of Christianity and Islam
– the memory of the slave trade in Africa today (museums, tours, political movements, etc)